Matador Resources Company Reports First Quarter 2022 Operating and Financial Results and Announces Full Repayment of Revolving Credit Facility

Matador Resources Company (NYSE: MTDR) (“Matador” or the “Company”) today reported financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2022. A short slide presentation summarizing the highlights of Matador’s first quarter 2022 earnings release is also included on the Company’s website at www.matadorresources.com on the Events and Presentations page under the Investor Relations tab.

Management Summary Comments

Joseph Wm. Foran, Matador’s Founder, Chairman and CEO, commented, “On both our website and the webcast planned for tomorrow’s earnings conference call is a set of six slides identified as ‘Chairman’s Remarks’ (Slides A through F) to add color and detail to my remarks. We invite you to review these slides in conjunction with my comments below, which are intended to provide context for the first quarter 2022 results. Slide A shows our progress from previous periods and priorities and expected milestones for the current year.

First Quarter 2022 Highlights and Achievements

“The first quarter of 2022 was another outstanding quarter both operationally and financially for Matador, highlighted by the successful completion of 26 gross operated wells with better-than-expected results. Matador also set several new financial records, including record oil and natural gas revenues of $627 million and net income of $207 million, leading to record adjusted net income of $277 million and record Adjusted EBITDA of $462 million (see Slide B). San Mateo Midstream also had a record quarter, including all-time high throughput volumes for natural gas gathering and processing, oil gathering and transportation and water handling, as well as record net income of $35 million and record Adjusted EBITDA of $45 million (see Slide C).

“In addition, Matador used its free cash flow in late 2020 and 2021 to pay down its commercial debt by nearly $400 million and its free cash flow in the first quarter of 2022 to repay $50 million in borrowings outstanding under its reserves-based revolving credit facility, which reduced the borrowings outstanding under its reserves-based revolving credit facility to $50 million at March 31, 2022 from $100 million at year-end 2021. Then, in April 2022, Matador repaid the remaining commercial borrowings of $50 million to eliminate all borrowings outstanding under its reserves-based revolving credit facility. This repayment represents $475 million in debt repayments (one-third of Matador’s total debt outstanding) since the end of the third quarter of 2020 and is a significant achievement, especially given the volatility in the global energy markets during the last two years. Matador’s leverage ratio under the reserves-based revolving credit facility declined from 2.9x at year-end 2020 to 1.1x at year-end 2021 to 0.8x during the first quarter of 2022, marking Matador’s lowest leverage ratio since mid-2013 (see Slide D).

“Matador expects to continue generating significant free cash flow for the full year 2022, and, as we announced yesterday, we are committed to continue paying a quarterly dividend to shareholders, while continuously evaluating various enhanced shareholder return opportunities. For example, net cash provided by operating activities in the first quarter was $329 million, leading to first quarter of 2022 adjusted free cash flow of $246 million, which was more than double the adjusted free cash flow we generated in the fourth quarter of 2021. We believe we will continue to have a number of good opportunities for the remainder of the year, but our first priority is to maintain our financial and operating discipline.

First Quarter 2022 Capital Expenditures Below Forecast

“Our total capital expenditures for drilling, completing and equipping wells for the first quarter of 2022 amounted to $199 million, which was 9%, or $19 million, less than the midpoint of our guidance. While we saw anticipated inflationary pressures on our capital expenditures during the quarter, these cost increases were partially offset by efficiencies achieved by our operations team (see Slide E). Drilling and completion costs for the 26 gross (24.2 net) operated wells turned to sales during the first quarter of 2022 increased 2% from $738 per completed lateral foot in the fourth quarter of 2021 to $752 per completed lateral foot during the first quarter of 2022. We anticipate a 5 to 10% sequential increase in costs per completed lateral foot in the second quarter of 2022, as compared to the first quarter of 2022, which is still within our original estimates for service cost inflation. Our staff and field personnel have done a great job of keeping costs relatively flat so far this year. There is more uncertainty, however, in the second half of 2022 primarily due to rising commodity and raw materials prices, global supply chain constraints, high inflation rates and service and labor availability. As a result, our costs per completed lateral foot in the second half of the year could be somewhat higher than our original estimates, depending on the circumstances. We will continue to look for ways to mitigate any potential cost increases through additional operational and capital efficiencies such as continued improvement in drilling times and wellbore design, simultaneous fracturing operations, the use of dual-fuel fracturing fleets and focusing on drilling longer laterals.

Initial Key 2022 Milestones Achieved

“As mentioned earlier, Matador’s 2022 priorities and milestones are summarized on Slide A. In February, we achieved our first significant operational milestone of 2022 when we turned to sales 11 new Voni wells in our Stateline asset area. Matador is particularly pleased with the results from these most recent Voni wells, which included excellent results from five additional tests of the Third Bone Spring Carbonate formation on this leasehold (see Slide F). In late March, Matador achieved its second key operational milestone of the year when we turned to sales the next nine Rodney Robinson wells in the western portion of the Antelope Ridge asset area. As a result, in March, we averaged production of over 100,000 barrels of oil and natural gas equivalent per day in a single month for the first time in the Company’s history! Going forward, we expect to continue to average above 100,000 barrels of oil and natural gas equivalent per day for the remainder of the year. Notably, this new production level is better than fourteen times our production level at the time we went public ten years ago.”

First Quarter 2022 Financial and Operational Highlights

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities and Adjusted Free Cash Flow

• First quarter 2022 net cash provided by operating activities was $329.0 million (GAAP basis), leading to first quarter 2022 adjusted free cash flow (a non-GAAP financial measure) of $245.7 million.

Net Income, Earnings Per Share and Adjusted EBITDA

• First quarter 2022 net income (GAAP basis) was $207.1 million, or $1.73 per diluted common share, a 4% sequential decrease from net income of $214.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, but a 242% year-over-year increase from net income of $60.6 million in the first quarter of 2021. The 4% sequential decrease in net income was primarily attributable to a change in non-cash, unrealized gains and losses on derivatives of $173.2 million. On a GAAP basis, Matador’s net income in the first quarter of 2022 was negatively impacted by a non-cash unrealized loss on derivatives of $75.0 million, and Matador’s net income in the fourth quarter of 2021 was positively impacted by a non-cash unrealized gain on derivatives of $98.2 million. This negative impact between the fourth quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022 was primarily due to the significant increase in oil and natural gas futures prices for the remainder of 2022.

• First quarter 2022 adjusted net income (a non-GAAP financial measure) was $277.5 million, or adjusted earnings of $2.32 per diluted common share, an 84% sequential increase from adjusted net income of $151.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, and a 229% increase from adjusted net income of $84.5 million in the first quarter of 2021.

• First quarter 2022 adjusted earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depletion, depreciation and amortization and certain other items (“Adjusted EBITDA,” a non-GAAP financial measure) were $461.8 million, a 54% sequential increase from $299.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, and a 133% year-over-year increase from $198.1 million in the first quarter of 2021.

Oil, Natural Gas and Total Oil Equivalent (“BOE”) Production Above Expectations

• As summarized in the table below, Matador’s first quarter 2022 average daily oil, natural gas and total oil equivalent production were all quarterly records and above the Company’s expectations. The majority of the higher-than-expected production resulted from (i) better-than-expected production from existing Boros and Voni wells in the Stateline asset area in Eddy County, New Mexico that were shut in during portions of the first quarter for offset completions and (ii) less shut-in time than forecasted on certain of the recently acquired properties in the Ranger asset area in Lea County, New Mexico, which had been shut in due to the need to install and repair electrical submersible pumps (ESPs) and to upgrade production facilities on these properties.

Capital Expenditures Below Expectations

• Matador incurred capital expenditures for drilling, completing and equipping wells (“D/C/E capital expenditures”) of approximately $198.8 million in the first quarter of 2022, or 9% below the Company’s estimate of $218 million for D/C/E capital expenditures during the quarter. Matador estimates that most of these savings resulted from the timing of both operated and non-operated drilling and completion activities, and most of these costs are currently expected to be incurred in the second quarter of 2022. The Company expects to incur $187 million for D/C/E capital expenditures during the second quarter of 2022.

• Drilling and completion costs for the 26 gross (24.2 net) operated horizontal wells turned to sales in the first quarter of 2022 averaged approximately $752 per completed lateral foot, an increase of 2% from average drilling and completion costs of $738 per completed lateral foot achieved in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Borrowing Base and Elected Commitment Increased

• In late April 2022, as part of the spring 2022 redetermination process, Matador’s 12 lenders completed their review of the Company’s proved oil and natural gas reserves at December 31, 2021. As a result, the Company’s borrowing base under its reserves-based credit facility was increased by 48% from $1.35 billion to $2.0 billion. An additional lender, MUFG Bank, joined Matador’s commercial bank group, at which time Matador increased its elected commitment from $700 million to $775 million.

• In the last six months, the Company’s borrowing base has increased 122% from $900 million to $2.0 billion and four additional lenders have joined Matador’s commercial bank group with commitments of almost $250 million. Matador’s Board and staff greatly appreciate the new lenders and the additional commitments from its bank group led by the Royal Bank of Canada and Truist Bank.

Note: All references to Matador’s net income, adjusted net income, Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted free cash flow reported throughout this earnings release are those values attributable to Matador Resources Company shareholders after giving effect to any net income, Adjusted EBITDA or adjusted free cash flow, respectively, attributable to third-party non-controlling interests, including in San Mateo Midstream, LLC (“San Mateo”). Matador owns 51% of San Mateo. For a definition of adjusted net income, adjusted earnings per diluted common share, Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted free cash flow and reconciliations of such non-GAAP financial metrics to their comparable GAAP metrics, please see “Supplemental Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.

Sequential and year-over-year quarterly comparisons of selected financial and operating items are shown in the following table:

Full-Year and Second Quarter 2022 Guidance Estimates

Full-Year 2022 Guidance Estimates

At April 26, 2022, Matador made no changes to its full-year 2022 guidance estimates for oil, natural gas or total oil equivalent production or capital expenditures from those originally provided on February 22, 2022.

Second Quarter 2022 Completions and Production Cadence Update

Second Quarter 2022 Estimated Wells Turned to Sales

At April 26, 2022, Matador expects to turn to sales 11 gross (7.0 net) operated horizontal wells in the Delaware Basin during the second quarter of 2022, all of which are located in the Rustler Breaks asset area in Eddy County, New Mexico and have completed lateral lengths of 1.75 miles or greater.

Second Quarter 2022 Estimated Oil, Natural Gas and Total Oil Equivalent Production

As a result of the large number of wells turned to sales during the first quarter of 2022, Matador expects significant increases in its average daily oil and natural gas production in the second quarter of 2022. The table below provides Matador’s estimates, as of April 26, 2022, for the anticipated quarterly sequential changes in the Company’s average daily total oil equivalent, oil and natural gas production for the second quarter of 2022, which is unchanged from the second quarter estimates provided on February 22, 2022.

As noted in the table above, Matador expects its average daily total production to increase 14% sequentially from 93,969 BOE per day in the first quarter of 2022 to approximately 107,000 BOE per day in second quarter of 2022. This significant sequential increase is primarily attributable to the initial production from the nine Rodney Robinson wells turned to sales late in the first quarter of 2022, a full quarter of production from the 11 new Voni wells turned to sales in the first quarter of 2022, better-than-expected results from the 2021 drilling program and the return to production of wells shut in for offset completions during the first quarter in the Stateline asset area and the Rodney Robinson leasehold.

Operations Update

Drilling and Completions Activity

At April 26, 2022, Matador was operating six drilling rigs throughout its various Delaware Basin asset areas in Lea and Eddy Counties, New Mexico and Loving County, Texas. Four of these rigs were drilling the next 16 wells in the Company’s Antelope Ridge asset area, which are expected to be turned to sales late in the third quarter of 2022. One of these rigs was drilling a batch of four wells in the Rustler Breaks asset area and the sixth rig was drilling on recently acquired acreage in the Ranger asset area in Lea County, New Mexico. The Company expects to operate this sixth drilling rig in the Ranger asset area for the remainder of 2022.

Wells Completed and Turned to Sales

During the first quarter of 2022, Matador turned to sales a total of 38 gross (26.4 net) wells in its various Delaware Basin operating areas, all of which had lateral lengths of two miles or longer. This total was comprised of 26 gross (24.2 net) operated wells and 12 gross (2.2 net) non-operated wells. The ten operated wells in the Antelope Ridge asset area, including the nine Rodney Robinson wells in the western portion of the asset area, were turned to sales late in the first quarter of 2022 and are expected to more fully contribute to the Company’s production in the second quarter.

Realized Commodity Prices

Oil Prices

Matador’s weighted average realized oil price, excluding derivatives, was $95.45 per barrel in the first quarter of 2022, a 24% sequential increase from $76.82 per barrel in the fourth quarter of 2021, and a 67% year-over-year increase from $57.05 per barrel in the first quarter of 2021. Matador’s weighted average oil price differential relative to the West Texas Intermediate (“WTI”) benchmark, inclusive of the monthly roll and transportation costs, was +$0.44 per barrel in the first quarter of 2022, as compared to ($0.43) per barrel in the fourth quarter of 2021 and ($1.09) per barrel in the first quarter of 2021. The shift from a negative differential in the fourth quarter of 2021 to a positive differential in the first quarter of 2022 was primarily attributable to the differential between WTI-Midland and the WTI-Cushing benchmark, which averaged +$1.25 per barrel in the first quarter of 2022, as compared to +0.49 in the fourth quarter of 2021. Matador expects this differential to narrow in the second quarter of 2022.

For the second quarter of 2022, Matador’s weighted average oil price differential relative to the WTI benchmark price, inclusive of the monthly roll and transportation costs, is anticipated to be in the range of ($0.50) to +$0.50 per barrel.

At April 26, 2022, Matador had approximately 8.1 million barrels of oil hedged for the second through fourth quarters of 2022 using costless collars with a weighted average floor price of approximately $65 per barrel and a weighted average ceiling price of approximately $110 per barrel. Please see the accompanying slide presentation for a more complete summary of Matador’s current oil derivative positions.

Natural Gas Prices

Matador is a two-stream reporter, and the revenues associated with its NGL production are included in the weighted average realized natural gas price. NGL prices do not contribute to or affect Matador’s realized gain or loss on natural gas derivatives. Matador’s weighted average realized natural gas price, excluding derivatives, was $7.63 per thousand cubic feet in the first quarter of 2022, a 1% sequential decrease from $7.68 per thousand cubic feet in the fourth quarter of 2021, and a 30% year-over-year increase from $5.88 per thousand cubic feet in the first quarter of 2021. NGL prices, and especially propane prices, continued to be strong in the first quarter of 2022, which contributed to the Company’s weighted average natural gas price being above the Company’s expectations in the first quarter of 2022. For the first quarter of 2022, Matador’s weighted average natural gas price differential relative to the Henry Hub benchmark price was +$3.04 per thousand cubic feet, as compared to +$2.86 per thousand cubic feet in the fourth quarter of 2021 and +$3.16 per thousand cubic feet in the first quarter of 2021.

For the second quarter of 2022, Matador’s weighted average natural gas price differential relative to the Henry Hub average daily benchmark price is anticipated to be in the range of +$1.75 to +$2.25 per thousand cubic feet, which is lower than the differential of +$3.04 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas realized in the first quarter of 2022. Although Matador expects NGL prices will continue to remain strong in the second quarter, the Company anticipates natural gas pricing at the Waha hub will be weaker in the second quarter, as compared to the first quarter of 2022.

At April 26, 2022, Matador had approximately 48.4 billion cubic feet of natural gas hedged for the second through fourth quarters of 2022 using costless collars with a weighted average floor price of approximately $3.51 per MMBtu and a weighted average ceiling price of approximately $6.82 per MMBtu and 2.4 billion cubic feet of natural gas hedged for the first quarter of 2023 using costless collars with a weighted average floor price of approximately $6.00 per MMBtu and a weighted average ceiling price of approximately $14.00 per MMBtu. Please see the accompanying slide presentation for a more complete summary of Matador’s current natural gas derivative positions.

Operating Expenses

On a unit of production basis:

• Production taxes, transportation and processing expenses increased 9% sequentially from $6.48 per BOE in the fourth quarter of 2021 to $7.07 per BOE in the first quarter of 2022. This increase was primarily attributable to increased production taxes associated with increased oil and natural gas revenues of $626.5 million, an all-time quarterly high, reported by Matador in the first quarter.

• Lease operating expenses increased 20% sequentially from $3.34 per BOE in the fourth quarter of 2021 to $4.01 per BOE in the first quarter of 2022 but increased only 3% year-over-year from $3.90 per BOE in the first quarter of 2021. In any given year, lease operating expenses in the first quarter are typically higher than the remaining three quarters primarily due to additional costs associated with preparing for and handling winter weather. Consequently, the Company expects lease operating expenses on a per unit basis to be lower and more in-line with its original expectations for the year during the remainder of 2022.

• General and administrative expenses increased 12% sequentially from $3.14 per BOE in the fourth quarter of 2021 to $3.52 per BOE in the first quarter of 2022. As part of its compensation program for its employees, the Company has issued to its employees stock awards that are based on the value of Matador’s stock but that are settled in cash. General and administrative expenses in the first quarter reflect an increase in stock-based compensation expense associated with these cash-settled stock awards, the values of which are remeasured at each reporting period. These cash-settled stock award amounts increased due to the fact that Matador’s share price increased 43% from $36.92 at December 31, 2021 to $52.98 at the settlement date of March 31, 2022.

San Mateo Highlights and Update

Operating Highlights and Financial Results

Operating Highlights

San Mateo’s operations in the first quarter of 2022 were highlighted by better-than-expected operating and financial results. Operationally, natural gas gathering and processing, oil gathering and transportation and water handling volumes achieved in the first quarter of 2022 were all-time highs for San Mateo and are shown in the table below, each as compared to the respective volumes reported in the fourth quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2021. These volumes do not include the full quantity of volumes that would have otherwise been delivered by certain San Mateo customers subject to minimum volume commitments (although partial deliveries were made in each period), but for which San Mateo recognized revenues during each period.

Financial Results

During the first quarter of 2022, San Mateo achieved better-than-anticipated financial results as described below.

• Net income (GAAP basis) of $34.8 million, a 4% sequential increase from $33.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, and a 93% year-over-year increase from $18.1 million in the first quarter of 2021.

• Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP financial measure) of $45.1 million, a 3% sequential increase from $43.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, and a 64% year-over-year increase from $27.6 million in the first quarter of 2021.

• Net cash provided by San Mateo operating activities (GAAP basis) of $45.5 million, leading to San Mateo adjusted free cash flow (a non-GAAP financial measure) of $23.8 million.

• Third-party midstream services revenues of $17.3 million, a 12% sequential decrease from $19.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, and a 12% year-over-year increase from $15.4 million in the first quarter of 2021. The 12% sequential decrease was primarily attributable to less revenue associated with minimum volume commitments recognized in the first quarter of 2022, although the Company expects to recognize revenues associated with these volumes later in the year. Results from the first quarter of 2021 were similarly affected.

Capital Expenditures

Matador’s portion of San Mateo’s capital expenditures was approximately $9.7 million in the first quarter of 2022, approximately 31% below the Company’s estimate of $14 million for the quarter mostly due to the timing of projects underway during the quarter with most of these costs currently expected to be incurred in the second quarter of 2022. During the second quarter of 2022, the Company expects to incur midstream capital expenditures of approximately $17 million associated primarily with San Mateo’s new midstream business opportunities and with new infrastructure San Mateo is adding to handle anticipated increased volumes from Matador. These midstream capital expenditures primarily reflect Matador’s 51% share of San Mateo’s estimated capital expenditures.

Conference Call Information

The Company will host a live conference call on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time to review its first quarter 2022 operational and financial results. To access the live conference call, domestic participants should dial (855) 875-8781 and international participants should dial (720) 634-2925. The conference ID and passcode is 7197808. The conference call will also be available through the Company’s website at www.matadorresources.com on the Events and Presentations page under the Investor Relations tab. The replay of the event will be available on the Company’s website at www.matadorresources.com on the Events and Presentations page under the Investor Relations tab through May 31, 2022.

About Matador Resources Company

Matador is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, production and acquisition of oil and natural gas resources in the United States, with an emphasis on oil and natural gas shale and other unconventional plays. Its current operations are focused primarily on the oil and liquids-rich portion of the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring plays in the Delaware Basin in Southeast New Mexico and West Texas. Matador also operates in the Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas and the Haynesville shale and Cotton Valley plays in Northwest Louisiana. Additionally, Matador conducts midstream operations, primarily through its midstream joint venture, San Mateo, in support of its exploration, development and production operations and provides natural gas processing, oil transportation services, natural gas, oil and produced water gathering services and produced water disposal services to third parties.

For more information, visit Matador Resources Company at www.matadorresources.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. “Forward-looking statements” are statements related to future, not past, events. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and include any statement that does not directly relate to a current or historical fact. In this context, forward-looking statements often address expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as “could,” “believe,” “would,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “may,” “should,” “continue,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,” “project,” “hypothetical,” “forecasted” and similar expressions that are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about guidance, projected or forecasted financial and operating results, future liquidity, the payment of dividends, results in certain basins, objectives, project timing, expectations and intentions, regulatory and governmental actions and other statements that are not historical facts. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements, and such forward-looking statements may not prove to be accurate. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the following risks related to financial and operational performance: general economic conditions; the Company’s ability to execute its business plan, including whether its drilling program is successful; changes in oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids prices and the demand for oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids; its ability to replace reserves and efficiently develop current reserves; costs of operations; delays and other difficulties related to producing oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids; delays and other difficulties related to regulatory and governmental approvals and restrictions; impact on the Company’s operations due to seismic events; availability of sufficient capital to execute its business plan, available borrowing capacity under its revolving credit facilities and otherwise; its ability to make acquisitions on economically acceptable terms; its ability to integrate acquisitions; weather and environmental conditions; the impact of the worldwide spread of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, on oil and natural gas demand, oil and natural gas prices and its business; the operating results of the Company’s midstream joint venture’s oil, natural gas and water gathering and transportation systems, pipelines and facilities, the acquiring of third-party business and the drilling of any additional salt water disposal wells; and the other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. For further discussions of risks and uncertainties, you should refer to Matador’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including the “Risk Factors” section of Matador’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Matador undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release, except as required by law, including the securities laws of the United States and the rules and regulations of the SEC. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.

Supplemental Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted EBITDA

This press release includes the non-GAAP financial measure of Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure that is used by management and external users of the Company’s consolidated financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders and rating agencies. “GAAP” means Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America. The Company believes Adjusted EBITDA helps it evaluate its operating performance and compare its results of operations from period to period without regard to its financing methods or capital structure. The Company defines, on a consolidated basis and for San Mateo, Adjusted EBITDA as earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depletion, depreciation and amortization, accretion of asset retirement obligations, property impairments, unrealized derivative gains and losses, certain other non-cash items and non-cash stock-based compensation expense and net gain or loss on asset sales and impairment. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of net income or net cash provided by operating activities as determined by GAAP. All references to Matador’s Adjusted EBITDA are those values attributable to Matador Resources Company shareholders after giving effect to Adjusted EBITDA attributable to third-party non-controlling interests, including in San Mateo.

Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered an alternative to, or more meaningful than, net income or net cash provided by operating activities as determined in accordance with GAAP or as an indicator of the Company’s operating performance or liquidity. Certain items excluded from Adjusted EBITDA are significant components of understanding and assessing a company’s financial performance, such as a company’s cost of capital and tax structure. Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of another company because all companies may not calculate Adjusted EBITDA in the same manner. The following table presents the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA and the reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to the GAAP financial measures of net income and net cash provided by operating activities, respectively, that are of a historical nature. Where references are pro forma, forward-looking, preliminary or prospective in nature, and not based on historical fact, the table does not provide a reconciliation. The Company could not provide such reconciliation without undue hardship because such Adjusted EBITDA numbers are estimations, approximations and/or ranges. In addition, it would be difficult for the Company to present a detailed reconciliation on account of many unknown variables for the reconciling items, including future income taxes, full-cost ceiling impairments, unrealized gains or losses on derivatives and gains or losses on asset sales and impairment. For the same reasons, the Company is unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information, which could be material to future results.

Adjusted EBITDA – Matador Resources Company

Adjusted EBITDA – San Mateo (100%)

Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings Per Diluted Common Share

This press release includes the non-GAAP financial measures of adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per diluted common share. These non-GAAP items are measured as net income attributable to Matador Resources Company shareholders, adjusted for dollar and per share impact of certain items, including unrealized gains or losses on derivatives, the impact of full cost-ceiling impairment charges, if any, and non-recurring transaction costs for certain acquisitions or other non-recurring expense items, along with the related tax effect for all periods. This non-GAAP financial information is provided as additional information for investors and is not in accordance with, or an alternative to, GAAP financial measures. Additionally, these non-GAAP financial measures may be different than similar measures used by other companies. The Company believes the presentation of adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per diluted common share provides useful information to investors, as it provides them an additional relevant comparison of the Company’s performance across periods and to the performance of the Company’s peers. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures reflect adjustments for items of income and expense that are often excluded by industry analysts and other users of the Company’s financial statements in evaluating the Company’s performance. The table below reconciles adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per diluted common share to their most directly comparable GAAP measure of net income attributable to Matador Resources Company shareholders.

Adjusted Free Cash Flow

This press release includes the non-GAAP financial measure of adjusted free cash flow. This non-GAAP item is measured, on a consolidated basis for the Company and for San Mateo, as net cash provided by operating activities, adjusted for changes in working capital and cash performance incentives that are not included as operating cash flows, less cash flows used for capital expenditures, adjusted for changes in capital accruals. On a consolidated basis, these numbers are also adjusted for the cash flows related to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries that represent cash flows not attributable to Matador shareholders. Adjusted free cash flow should not be considered an alternative to, or more meaningful than, net cash provided by operating activities as determined in accordance with GAAP or an indicator of the Company’s liquidity. Adjusted free cash flow is used by the Company, securities analysts and investors as an indicator of the Company’s ability to manage its operating cash flow, internally fund its D/C/E capital expenditures, pay dividends and service or incur additional debt, without regard to the timing of settlement of either operating assets and liabilities or accounts payable related to capital expenditures. Additionally, this non-GAAP financial measure may be different than similar measures used by other companies. The Company believes the presentation of adjusted free cash flow provides useful information to investors, as it provides them an additional relevant comparison of the Company’s performance, sources and uses of capital associated with its operations across periods and to the performance of the Company’s peers. In addition, this non-GAAP financial measure reflects adjustments for items of cash flows that are often excluded by securities analysts and other users of the Company’s financial statements in evaluating the Company’s cash spend.

The table below reconciles adjusted free cash flow to its most directly comparable GAAP measure of net cash provided by operating activities. All references to Matador’s adjusted free cash flow are those values attributable to Matador shareholders after giving effect to adjusted free cash flow attributable to third-party non-controlling interests, including in San Mateo.

Adjusted Free Cash Flow - Matador Resources Company

Adjusted Free Cash Flow - San Mateo (100%)

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